Published in Journal of clinical medicine
(1) Background: Graves' orbitopathy (GO) is an autoimmune inflammation of the orbital tissues and the most common extra-thyroid symptom of Graves' disease (GD). Mild cases of GO are often misdiagnosed, which prolongs the diagnostic and therapeutic process, leading to exacerbation of the disease. A severe course of GO may cause permanent vision loss...
Published in Diabetes care
To better understand HCMV DNA maturation and the mechanism of action of benzimidazole derivatives, we studied the HCMV pUL89 protein by a genetic approach combined with primary structure analysis. The pUL89 sequence analysis of 25 HCMV strains and counterparts among herpesviruses allowed identification of 12 conserved regions. We also built a three...
Published in Diabetes care
Although the function of pUL27 is still unknown in the HCMV replication cycle, our approach identified target domains that appeared to be essential to the function of pUL27. This work provides a better understanding on the relative importance of each pUL27 mutation and could form the basis of later comparison analyses, when a three-dimensional stru...
Published in Diabetes care
Sequence alignment and three-dimensional modelling by homology of the CA-SP1-NC junction in HIV-1, SLVmac251 and Pr72Gag(MLV-HIV) suggested that a higher hydrophilic character of the CA region immediately upstream to the HIV-1 CA-SP1 junction, as occurred in Pr72Gag(MLV-HIV), correlated with a lower DSB sensitivity.
Published in Cahiers de Nutrition et de Diététique
La plasticité d'un matériau est sa propriété à modifier sa forme sous l'effet d'une action et à la conserver à l'arrêt de cette action. Par analogie, la plasticité neuronale décrit comment des neurones s'étendent, se rétractent ou se réorganisent en fonction de l'activité des synapses et des neurones qu'ils rencontrent et comment au niveau des syna...
Published in Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials
Joint replacement is a commonly performed, highly successful orthopaedic procedure, for which surgeons have a large choice of different materials and implant designs. The materials used for joint replacement must be both biologically acceptable to minimize adverse local tissue reactions, and robust enough to support weight bearing during common act...
Published in Comptes Rendus Biologies
A high intake of sugars has been linked to diet-induced health problems. The aim of this study was to assess whether the long-term consumption of a high-carbohydrate diet (HCD) would cause the hepatic histopathological and metabolic abnormalities that characterize nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in a desert gerbil, Gerbillus gerbillus. Compared...
Published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
The blood–brain barrier, which is one of the tightest barriers in the body, protects the brain from insults, such as infections. Indeed, only a few of the numerous blood-borne bacteria can cross the blood–brain barrier to cause meningitis. In this Review, we focus on invasive extracellular pathogens, such as Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pn...
Published in European Journal of Human Genetics
p.(Arg320His) mutation in the KCNC1 gene in human 11p15.1 has recently been identified in patients with progressive myoclonus epilepsies, a group of rare inherited disorders manifesting with action myoclonus, myoclonic epilepsy, and ataxia. This KCNC1 variant causes a dominant-negative effect. Here we describe three patients from the same family wi...
Published in Neurobiology of Disease
Oligophrenin-1 (OPHN1) is a Rho GTPase activating protein whose mutations cause X-linked intellectual disability (XLID). How loss of function of Ophn1 affects neuronal development is only partly understood. Here we have exploited adult hippocampal neurogenesis to dissect the steps of neuronal differentiation that are affected by Ophn1 deletion. We ...
